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Monday, January 20, 2014

Rub a dub dub, a dead man in a tub

There used to be a saloon in the Bowery known as the “Tub of Blood”. Guess what happened there one hundred years ago tonight? Go ahead guess...alright I'll tell ya. Five
men entered and blew past the bartender and two women patrons (ah to
meet a gal who would hang out at the T.O.B.) and entered the rear room. A
moment later the women and bartender heard one of the men yell, “You’re
a squealer! You sent him to Dannemora!
(a prison in upstate NY)” the yelling was followed by a series of shots. The shots in turn were followed by the quick exit of four of the five men who entered.

The police were summoned and in the back room they found the
body of Thomas Murphy. There was also a trail of blood
leading out of the saloon so police figured some one else had been
injured in the shooting. A short time after the killing a man named
Michael Matera
walked into the Mulberry Street Police station and said that he had
been shot in the leg while exiting the subway but the police decided
that he was probably the wounded guy who made a separate exit and held him for the Murphy slaying.

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Author of: On The Spot: Gangland Murders in Prohibition New York City 1930-1933, Hollywood on the Spot: Crimes Against the Early Movie Stars, Legs Diamond: Gangster. Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935. Notorious New Yorkers: Two Gun Crowley. Notorious New Yorkers: The Bobbed Haired Bandit. Notorious New Yorkers: Vivian Gordon.